‘A moment comes but rarely…’: Zohran Mamdani quotes Nehru in speech after winning New York Mayor poll | World News
Zohran Mamdani, after winning the Mayor poll in New York City, delivered his victory speech where he invoked former Indian Prime Miner Jawaharlal Nehru’s famous ‘Tryst with Destiny’ speech. Mamdani won the polls a landslide, creating hory as the first Muslim mayor of New York City.
Addressing his supporters after the NYC mayor poll results, Mamdani quoted Nehru’s iconic speech from 1947, the day India got independence from the centuries-long British rule.
During his victory speech, Mamdani said, “Standing before you, I’m reminded of Jawahar Lal Nehru’s words. A moment comes but rarely in hory when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance. Tonight, New York has done just that.”
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“This new era demands clarity, courage, and vision — not excuses. It will be defined bold leadership and the most ambitious plan yet to confront our city’s cost-of-living crisis,” he added.
VIDEO | USA: Addressing his supporters after winning New York city mayoral elections, Indian-origin democratic social lawmaker, Zohran Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani), quotes former Prime Miner of India Jawaharlal Nehru in his victory speech.
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“To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us,” Mamdani said as he scripted hory, becoming the first South Asian and Muslim to be elected to sit at the helm of the largest city in the US.
He credited the city of New York with “toppling a political dynasty” and wished his opponent Andrew Cuomo all the best in his personal life, saying that this is the l time he will “utter his name.”
“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name as we turn the page on a politics that abandons the many and answers only to the few. New York tonight you have delivered,” he said.
